Is Rana Spinach and Ricotta Tortellini ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 56 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed tortellini
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Tomato purée 32%, water, chopped tomatoes 16%, cream (from milk), onion, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker), garlic, salt (processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), chilli peppers, black pepper, Fresh egg pasta with a ricotta cheese and spinach filling, Ingredients (Filling 53%), ricotta cheese (processing marker) 39% (from milk), spinach 20%, whey powder (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), sunflower oil (processing marker), breadcrumbs (soft wheat flour, water, salt (processing marker), yeast), mascarpone cheese (processing marker) (from milk), starches (processing marker) (from corn, potato), vegetable fibres (ultra-processing marker) (corn, potato), potato flakes, natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), garlic, nutmeg, Pasta 47% (soft wheat flour), eggs 30%, durum wheat semolina, Product packaged in a protective atmosphere, p.d.o, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese (processing marker), Ingredients, salt (processing marker), rennet, Product packaged in a protective atmosphere, Typic Enero Fat of whi Carbo of which Fibre Protein Salt This pack c USE BY (see the date on the back of the package, Keep refrigerated at +4, 6°C)
As written on the pack
Tomato purée 32%, water, chopped tomatoes 16%, cream (from milk), onion, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, salt, skimmed milk powder, natural flavourings, corn starch, chilli peppers, black pepper. Fresh egg pasta with a ricotta cheese and spinach filling 140g. Ingredients: Filling 53%: ricotta cheese (from milk) 39%, spinach 20%, whey powder (from milk), sunflower oil, breadcrumbs (soft wheat flour, water, salt, yeast), mascarpone cheese (from milk), starches (from corn and potato), vegetable fibres (corn and potato), potato flakes, natural flavourings, salt, garlic, nutmeg. Pasta 47%: soft wheat flour, eggs 30%, durum wheat semolina. Product packaged in a protective atmosphere. *P.D.O. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese 7g. Ingredients: milk, salt, rennet. Product packaged in a protective atmosphere. ALLERGY ADVICE: see ingredients in bold. May contain nuts, fish, crustaceans, molluscs, mustard, soybeans, celery. Typic Enero Fat of whi Carbo of which Fibre Protein Salt This pack c USE BY: see the date on the back of the package. Keep refrigerated at +4/6°C.
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
7 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Meal kits Products in the category "Meal kits" are at least group 3.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 21 tortellini
From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 86% of the tortellini here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8001665722094, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.